► 形容詞
面白い [(4)おもしろい] meaning: interesting rank: 1
☆ この小説は面白い ⇨ This novel is interesting, a good read
☆ 最近仕事が面白い ⇨ Nowadays I’m enjoying my work
☆ 彼は面白い人だ ⇨ He’s an interesting person
珍しい [(4)めずらしい] meaning: interesting rank: 1
☆ 白人を見たことがなかったアフリカの子供達が彼女を珍しそうに見つめた ⇨ African kids who had never seen white people looked at her curiously (☛ Something is interesting to someone because he/she is not familiar with it)
おもろい [(3)おもろい] [coll] meaning: interesting rank: 3
☆ あいつはおもろいやっちゃ ⇨ He is an interesting cat (☛ A Kansai dialect for おもしろい. ”やっちゃ” is a Kansai dialect for ”奴だ(やつだ)”)
物珍しい [(6)ものめずらしい] meaning: interesting rank: 4
☆ 最初は皆物珍しがったが、直ぐに忘れられてしまった ⇨ Everybody found it novel and interesting at first, but soon forgot about it (☛ Interesting because of novelty)
► 形容動詞
楽しみ [(3)たのしみ] meaning: interesting rank: 1
☆ どういう結果になるか楽しみだ ⇨ It is interesting what kind of result we’re going to have